Cape Town - The much-celebrated and long-awaited day finally arrived when President Cyril Ramaphosa officially signed Sign Language (SASL), into law, making it the 12th official language. Ramaphosa ...

The deaf community voiced concerns about the shortage of teachers for deaf pupils. On Tuesday, the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies celebrated its 25th anniversary. In July, Cyril Ramaphosa announced that ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today (Wednesday 19 July 2023) sign into law the South African Sign Language Bill, making sign language the 12th official language of the country. On 2 May 2023, the ...

International Month for Deaf People is observed annually in September to promote awareness of the rights of deaf people around the world, and bring to the fore challenges faced by deaf people. The ...

30 Sep 2024 (South African Government News Agency) There's an old adage that states that the pen is mightier than the sword and the passage of time is proving this to be true. President Cyril ...

Cape Town - Organisations and institutions have welcomed the adoption of sign language as the 12th official language in South Africa as a “giant step” for the rights of Deaf South Africans. On May 2, ...

Hearing people often expect that Deaf people should accommodate and assimilate to the needs of hearing people and not the other way around, writes Susan Njeyiyana. For the past 75 years, since the ...

In what was an ultimate test of linguistic abilities and sign language understanding, the 2025 National Spelling Bee finals ...

Miss SA Mia Le Roux attending the Sign Language festival at Transoranje School for the Deaf in Pretoria. Picture Supplied Reigning Miss South Africa Mia Le Roux joined Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport ...

Two hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal say they can’t admit a 16-year-old deaf boy because they have no sign language interpreter.

PanSALB revealed that “G20” was selected after a rigorous process analysing a range of words, expressions and cultural ...